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| Miko's Background |
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Ruth very kindly gave me permission to post the stitch diagram for Gobelin Bars with Tent Stitches here. Thanks, Ruth! You are a peach!
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| Gobelin Bars with Tent Stitches, from Stitches CD Volume One, used with Ruth Schmuff's permission |
Why did I pick this stitch? There are two reasons. First of all, many Asian-themed canvases have a woven pattern in the background to mimic traditional Japanese tatami mats. So I looked for stitches that created woven patterns. This particular pattern's bars are about the same size as one of Miko's eyes. That made the scale perfect for this piece. If the bars were much longer and taller, the pattern would have been too big. If the bars used fewer stitches and were only one thread high, the stitch might have been too busy. But this stitch was just right.
Palma and Sharon, this article's for you.
CORRECTION: Karen pointed out Ruth's Background CD is now a book. Just in time for those who prefer real books to electronic versions! Many thanks, Karen.
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Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
10 comments:
Jane, Ruth's 3rd book, Backgrounds is printed. As far as I know it is available from Ruths store. It came out this month
Hit the button before having the chance to thank you for this. I love this background and will find a canvas to use it. Great article Jane
It is the right size and adds elegance! Nice choice!
You choice of the thread and stitch for the background was the first thing that caught my eye. Simply awesome! And, to have that unique ability to deconstruct a stitch and use only the parts that work for that canvas is fabulous. I am so curious to see how it looks when you add the beads. I love it!
This is all due to Ruth who gave me permission to publish the diagram and to all the folks who inquired about the background. I can't take credit. All I did was type!
Thanks, Palma. Karen emailed me right away to point this out so I corrected the original article. What would I do without you guys helping me be 100% right!?!
Thanks for the detail and thanks to Ruth for the stitch diagram! I too like oriental theme canvases and this stitch suggests bamboo cloth but isn't obtrusive.
Off to stitch a sample to use as future reference.......
Sharon
I can only agree with all of the above that this stitch is so well chosen for this canvas. Jane's spot-on instinct for great looking stitches strikes again! I have one quick question: when working the stitch, did you stitch all the horizontal bars, then return to stitch all the vertical bars? Or do one of each alternately?
When I stitched the background, I did all the horizontal bars, skipping two threads between them, in a row. Then I turned the canvas on its side so that Miko faced up or down, and did all the bars I'd skipped. In general, I like stitching straight stitches so that they are in an upright position, not laying on their side. Make sense?
Indeed it does make sense, Jane. Thanks for the further instruction. I sure like the looks of the stitch.
Nancy
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